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WSSU Photo by Devin Davis Winston-Salem State students hold a campus rally in the wake of the grand jury’s decision in the Michael Brown case. Winston-Salem State University, Salem College and Wake Forest University students are joining their...

Above: Stephen Hairston and Glenn Bratton As both a former Winston-Salem Police sergeant and Winston-Salem Branch NAACP president, Stephen Hairston sees the police-inflicted deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner and other black men through a...

The Winston-Salem Urban League is still without a permanent leader, nearly a year after its former president and CEO departed. Don Williams was named the interim president/CEO in February. At the time, Board Chair Evelyn Acree said he would...

Photo by Todd Luck New members (from left) Robert Barr, Lori Goins Clark, Deanna Taylor, Dana Caudill Jones, David Singletary and Mark Johnson. An orientation was held Thursday, Dec. 4 for the six new members of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County...

(pictured above: English Professor Will Boone speaks with Professors Dawn Tafari (left) and Denise Nation at his sides.) “Is this what we died for? Is this what I got punched in the gut for? … We suffered and it looks like its all been...

Local leaders dismayed and encouraged to fight for change ( Rev. Willard Bass speaks as S. Wayne Patterson stands at his side.) Local leaders have joined the chorus of voices condemning a grand jury’s decision not to indict white former...

In photo: People lie on the ground at Grand Central Terminal after it was announced that the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner is not being indicted, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in New York. A grand jury cleared the...

Bus tour takes shoppers to black-owned businesses (Dana Suggs rings up customers at Body and Soul on Saturday.) In observance of Small Business Saturday on Nov. 29, a bus shopping tour made stops at several local black-owned businesses. The...

(Jones Byrd minds the turkeys on the grills.) Grill Team Six, a group made up mostly of attorneys that provides and prepares food for local nonprofits, spent several hours on Monday, Nov. 24 grilling turkeys in the parking lot at Samaritan...

(pictured above: Bobby Kimbrough speaks as emcee Jeremy Gilyard (center) and Pastor Dr. Sir Walter Mack listen.) Corey Thomas, a former wide receiver for the Detroit Lions and the Miami Dolphins, has learned from the school of hard knocks. He...

(pictured above: (From left) The UPS Store’s Walker Houchin coordinates with Noble’s Grille manager Spence Wilcox and Rep. Ed Hanes Jr.) It has been a busy couple of weeks for State Rep. Ed Hanes Jr. Two weeks after winning a second term...

By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for Time Distributed via NNPA In 1971, a riot broke out at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York during which prisoners demanded more political rights and better living conditions. About 1,000 inmates out of 2,200...

Dr. Joe L. Dudley Sr. roused the audience at Quality Education Academy’s 13th annual Legacy Ball on Saturday, Nov. 8. He and Pastor Anthony Knotts of The Embassy Church International were inducted as new “Legacy Awardees” at the black-tie...

Black students accuse campus cops of bias Photo by Todd Luck Dr. Penny Rue, seated beside D’Andre Starnes, speaks. The treatment of minority students at Wake Forest University by campus police and fellow students was the subject of a town hall...